, the compressed globular body rising from a short spreading foot to a broad flaring neck, carved and painted with green enameled scaly five-clawed dragons amidst scrolling cloud above a lappet band at the foot, all on a rich yellow ground, the base inscribed with the four-character mark in underglaze-blue within a double circle, H 4.85 X W 5.7 inches Provenance: From The Inouye Co., Japanese and Chinese Art, Kyoto, 1953, by repute.